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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-18

The city council is being asked to approve up to $362,642.94 over five years to purchase data analysis services and database access from Household Drivers Report, Inc. (HDR), the sole available provider of this service, for use by Houston Public Works on behalf of the Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department (ARA). The service allows ARA staff to verify in real time whether driver's licenses and identification documents submitted to the city are valid by checking them against official records.

What it means for you

This contract affects city employees in the Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department who process identification documents, by giving them a tool to check whether IDs are authentic; residents interacting with ARA for permits or regulated services may be subject to this verification process.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Motion 2025-0816, official minutes of Nov 18-19, 2025.

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Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

The cover sheet is the item's official summary page; supporting attachments (contracts, maps, fiscal notes) are listed at the bottom of it. The minutes show what happened at the meeting.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

How to weigh in

Where
City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When
Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak
Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch
Live on HTV ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

Quick answersfrom the official record
How much?$362,643coversheet ↗
Who's paid?HOUSEHOLD DRIVERS REPORT, INCcoversheet ↗
Which fund?Central Service Revolving Fundcoversheet ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Houston Public Works brought it forward. Taken up at the November 18, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $364,431 paid to HOUSEHOLD DRIVERS REPORT INC across 150 payment lines, FY2018–FY2026.

That is money already paid across all city business with this company — not the amount this item approves, and not a total for this contract.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35918 — data from official records via PlainDocket.

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